According to the Special Eurobarometer Report, Cultural Heritage, a most respondents (88%) agree that Europe’s cultural heritage should be taught in schools, as it tells us about our history and culture. Adult education has a key role here. Partner organizations decided to respond to the need of modern teaching European Heritage to adult and senior learners. They will develop the idea of treating European heritage as a pedagogical and integration tool. It will be perceived as a carrier of important knowledge and common values. The project participants from partner organizations from Poland (coordinator), UK, Italy and Spain will be adults or seniors - students and educators. All of them will be invited to many local activities, some of them will also be selected to take part in the international training activities in partner countries. Participants will receive knowledge about the richness of Europe, as well as deepen the knowledge of their own culture. Educators participating in the project will develop their competences, exchange good practices, ideas and get necessary skills and inspiration to implement many creative lessons and activities, which will promote and support culture and European heritage. To achieve the project objectives and results, different activities are planned. An intensive collaboration of 4 adult institutions from 4 different countries will result in 4 international learning mobilities (3 Short-term joint staff training events in the UK, Spain and Poland and 1 blended mobility of adult learners in Italy) Small scale project materials will be developed and published during the project. They include the project website presenting the 4 digital Heritage Routes in 4 countries of the partnership and a virtual teachers' guide with lessons scenarios instructing teachers how to use the heritage materials in the classroom. Project activities will create new educational opportunities for adult learners, especially seniors and those who have never participated in Erasmus+ projects. They will increase their and social activation, develop knowledge of European heritage and increase the sense of responsibility for shared cultural European values. European heritage will be perceived as a carrier of important knowledge and common values. This will contribute to European integration as a social value will affect the cultural sensitivity of the European community as well as to promoting Erasmus+ activities among generations. Short-term joint staff training events will result in improved competences of adult education teachers. Participant of international trainings will create and publish culture lesson scenarios and share their competences with the rest of the staff and students during teacher training sessions and by publishing materials on the project website. The whole staff team will gain new teaching and intercultural skills, wider knowledge of European heritage, new inspiration for culture lessons, exchange best practices and ideas with the staff of partner organizations. Partners' work on the idea of treating European heritage as a "pedagogical and integration tool" will result in the creation of the 4 digital Heritage Routes published on the website and a virtual teachers' guide with lessons scenarios instructing teachers how to use the heritage materials in the classroom. This will enable partner schools to improve existing programs, introduce new educational activities to their educational offer. This offer will better respond to the need of strengthening adult learners' motivation for learning and struggling with euro-skepticism. All project activities and transnational collaboration will develop strategic relationships between 4 education institutions from culturally different regions of Europe. This will strengthen partner organizations, allow for exchange experience, sharing ideas and best practices and work together on the challenges of life long learning. Long lasting collaborative relationships between organizations have been assumed even outside the partnership. Creation of small scale project materials will result in promoting the concept of social and educational value of European culture heritage. The website will be an information base on the cultural heritage of partner countries. Descriptions of visited places, routes developed, photos and videos will be presented there. This site will be publicly available. Partners will prepare and publish a digital guide for teachers on how to use materials about European heritage for their lessons with adult learners. The guide will include lessons scenarios and activity ideas prepared during the project. In this way it will contribute to increasing the opportunities to teach and learn about the European cultural and natural heritage and to contribute to the integration and strengthening of the EU sense of pride and unity
By implementing the project partners wanted to -create 4 digital Heritage Routes published on the website and lesson materials and scenarios for teachers, which should enable partner schools to improve existing programs, introduce new educational activities to their educational offer. -develop strategic relationships between 4 education institutions from culturally different regions of Europe. This should strengthen partner organizations, allow for exchange of experience, sharing ideas and best practices and work together on the challenges of life long learning. -create small scale project materials promoting the concept of social and educational value of European culture heritage. The website should be an information base on the cultural heritage of partner countries. Descriptions of visited places, routes developed, photos and videos should be presented there. This site should be publicly available. -create and publish lesson scenarios and learning tools, activity ideas prepared during the project. In this way it will contribute to the opportunities to teach about the European cultural heritage and to contribute to the integration and strengthening of the EU sense of unity -develop competencies od the staff and students
A large majority of respondents (88%) agree that Europe’s cultural heritage should be taught in schools, as it tells us about our history and culture. Adult education has a key role here. Adult learners usually haven't receive successful European Heritage educations, which leads to euro-skepticism that has become visible and stable through public opinion in EU countries. The relation between cultural heritage and education was usually boring, passive visits to museums, restricted to observing historic monuments, focusing on the chronological history of events which lacked a connection with learners’ life experiences. Now, cultural heritage has a broader meaning. It shapes our everyday life, surrounds us in natural landscapes and archaeological sites. It is found in literature, art and objects, stories we tell children, the food and films. Cultural heritage defines who we are. Partner organizations decided to respond to the need of modern teaching European Heritage to adult and senior learners. They decided to develop the idea of treating European heritage as a pedagogical and integration tool. It was perceived as a carrier of important knowledge and common values. Partners' work on the idea of treating European heritage as a pedagogical and integration tool resuled in the creation of the 4 digital Heritage Routes published on the website and lesson materials and scenarios for teachers. This should enable partner schools to improve existing programs, introduce new educational activities to their educational offer. This offer should better respond to the need of strengthening adult learners' motivation for learning and struggling with euroskepticism. The aim of this project was to create opportunities for adults and seniors to increase their educational opportunities and social activation, but also to develop their knowledge of European heritage and increase the sense of responsibility for shared European values. This attitude will contribute to European integration as a social value and it will affect the cultural sensitivity of the European community. At the same time, as participants will be adults and seniors, the project activities could promote Erasmus+ program among different generations. Developing strategic relationships between 4 institutions allowed them for the exchange of experiences, good practices, ideas